Rodgers: "Sturridge king of his own destiny"

Sturridge was a great purchase. His attitude seems great, he seems to get on really well with his team mates (there was a video on the official site with videos of him and his team mates), and above all he's really a good player. What Rodgers said there was quite enlightening: one of the best young attackers in Europe for that age group, then went to Chelsea and was scoring in practice games and training but not getting his chances; he obviously had the talent and ability, his time at Bolton showed that.

It seems to be a bit of a theme of ours, and I like it. We're getting players who were very good young players but for one reason or another aren't playing for their current clubs. Coutinho was heralded as all sorts of brilliant when he first joined Inter, but being behind Sneijder meant we had a good opportunity to sign a quality player for less than his worth - at least according to talent. He's the same as Sturridge, really. Sturridge was sitting on the bench watching Torres.

Now we've got Sakho, and he's the defensive version of those two. 23, and despite being called the future of the French defence at 17 and all that, found his club taken over by the mega rich who want to pay big money for big names. If Sakho can have that impact, we'll have struck gold three times using the same recruitment paradigm. If we can do it a couple of more times, who knows how far we can go.

Sturridge is the stone cold nuts, always knew he was a class player, strange the way he was treated at Chelsea, and City for that matter, it was obviously in front of their eyes everyday.

Dunno if it was true or not but its a pity we didn't get him as part of the Torres deal, maybe that would of mean't no Carroll? things could of been really different, no worries though hes ours for his peak years now, hes one i can't see going anywhere for a long time.

Although he's yet to play in the Prem, Sakho looks like he's got what it takes to be a real success here.  Rafa always said it wasn't about buying the most expensive player, it was about buying the right player.  If Sakho fits, and we can continue the trend in the future and keep producing the youngsters, there's a nice trend developing for long term sustainability.

Big wheels turn slowly, and just a few years ago this club was on its knees.

Just hope we can continue to bring the hungry talent in.

Sturridge is the stone cold nuts, always knew he was a class player, strange the way he was treated at Chelsea, and City for that matter, it was obviously in front of their eyes everyday.

 

Dunno if it was true or not but its a pity we didn't get him as part of the Torres deal, maybe that would of mean't no Carroll? things could of been really different, no worries though hes ours for his peak years now, hes one i can't see going anywhere for a long time.

 

IIRC, Chelsea proposed 35 million + Sturrdige and we turned it down. At least I heard that at the time.

Praise to Sturridge, King of Destiny!

He's a nice boy. 

He's a nice boy. 

I remember last season you said you didn't like him and couldn't warm to him.

Do you still feel like that?

Sturridge and Suarez.

If the latter comes to the party on his return, it could be a fantastic strike force.

Memories of Rush and Dalglish, in my dreams.

And in reality hopefully.

Miles better than Torres.

Sturridge and Suarez.

If the latter comes to the party on his return, it could be a fantastic strike force.

 

Memories of Rush and Dalglish, in my dreams.

And in reality hopefully.

I like that Skaro.

Loved how pissed sturridge was only getting a draw last night, he got a goal and prem record but he was pissed about result like fans, the guys a winner.

Count me amongst the ones who were wary of Sturridge's so called attitude problem. Turns out, he is only petulant when he doesnt play. That wont be a problem in our side.

He has a great attitude and his work rate is very good. I think he will get better when Suarez returns.

Miles better than Torres.

He is now but he nowhere near Torres at his best

I remember last season you said you didn't like him and couldn't warm to him.

 

Do you still feel like that?

Not sure. he still has a face on him sometimes and i think he's a touch greedy, but so long as he's banging them in I'll have few complaints.

I might well be wrong, but suarez turned out to be a total bellend who wants to play for arsenal so i might be right.

I guess in both instances what i'm trying to say is i find it hard to like most footballers these days including those who play for us. I look at Suarez and just think "he's a cunt".

See today's performance for an example of what i'm talking about. He thinks he's better than he is. He needs to pass the ball once in a while.

No service, half fit, no support. I'm not going to go too mad yet